Foot not healing

[Nellie88]

After noticing a chicken had a limp, and suspecting Bumblefoot, we soaked her feet in epsom salts for days hoping it would help. After nothing changed, we attempted surgery and were able to remove some small hard pieces. Unfortunately, it appeared to cause infection in her leg. This time we had a friend with more experience help remove larger pieces left behind from the first surgery. After some time, it seemed to be improving and we finally removed the bandage. (We had been regularly changing the bandage and applying antibacterial medication) The foot pad still remained larger and firmer in comparison to the other chickens, but we kept an eye on it. We noticed she hadn’t really been leaving the run and laying down most of the time, so upon inspecting her foot again it looked quite swollen, but soft, in between her back toe. This is not the same area we saw inflammation before. We attempted to make an incision to drain it, however it bled quite a bit. Her middle toe seems to have lost its strength, wondering if we accidentally damaged a nerve or tendon. We don’t want to have to continue to perform foot surgeries, but fear that leaving it alone will be no better. Nothing seems to be solving the problem. It has probably been at least 2 months since we first began with this.

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

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[Wyorp Rock]

After noticing a chicken had a limp, and suspecting Bumblefoot, we soaked her feet in epsom salts for days hoping it would help. After nothing changed, we attempted surgery and were able to remove some small hard pieces. Unfortunately, it appeared to cause infection in her leg. This time we had a friend with more experience help remove larger pieces left behind from the first surgery. After some time, it seemed to be improving and we finally removed the bandage. (We had been regularly changing the bandage and applying antibacterial medication) The foot pad still remained larger and firmer in comparison to the other chickens, but we kept an eye on it. We noticed she hadn’t really been leaving the run and laying down most of the time, so upon inspecting her foot again it looked quite swollen, but soft, in between her back toe. This is not the same area we saw inflammation before. We attempted to make an incision to drain it, however it bled quite a bit. Her middle toe seems to have lost its strength, wondering if we accidentally damaged a nerve or tendon. We don’t want to have to continue to perform foot surgeries, but fear that leaving it alone will be no better. Nothing seems to be solving the problem. It has probably been at least 2 months since we first began with this.

Welcome To BYC

Do you have vet care?

Several good, clear, well lit photos of the foot would be helpful.

Have you given any antibiotics, if so what, the dosage and duration?